An AI has learned how to pick a single voice out of a crowd
24 October 2017
The artificial intelligence can solve the "cocktail party problem" with 90 percent accuracy and will soon be installed in public places
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Voice assistants can be controlled using sounds above the range of human hearing and used to download malware, make video calls and post on social media
Donate your voice so Siri doesn’t just work for white men
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